Obituaries

Funeral services for Norman Lee King, 87, of Caulfield, were held Jan. 19, 2019, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home in West Plains.
Mr. King died Jan. 14 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield.
He was born Feb. 22, 1931, at Wann, Oklahoma, the son of Clarence I. and Luella Burkhart King. On Jan. 3, 1950, in...

Funeral services for Doran H. Livingston, 92, of Springfield, were held Jan. 18, 2019, at Greenlawn Funeral Home South in Springfield, followed by a short service and burial at Smith Chapel Cemetery near Zanoni. Mr. Livingston died Jan. 15 at the Neighborhoods at Quail Creek in Springfield.
He was...

Funeral services for Clifton Evans, 67, of Caulfield, were held Jan. 18, 2019, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home in West Plains. Mr. Evans died Jan. 14 at his home.
He was born March 11, 1951, in West Plains, the son of John William “Bill” and Mary Emeline Dotson Evans. On Dec. 22, 1972, in West...

Funeral services for Mary Fienhold, 82, of Bakersfield, were held Jan. 5, 2019, at Carter Funeral Home in West Plains with Pastor Dennis Leonard officiating. Mrs. Fienhold died Jan. 1 at the Hospice House of the Ozarks in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
She was born April 5, 1936, in Bakersfield, one of...

A memorial service for Samuel “Coy” Kelley, 84, of Dora, was held Jan. 5, 2019, at Family Life Church in Dora. Mr. Kelley died Dec. 29 at his home.
He was born April 24, 1934, at Isabella, the son of Mineral “Bea” and Minnie Johnson Kelley. Mr. Kelley was an Army veteran. On May 24, 1958, in...

On Monday, December 31, 2018, Roger John Lee, wonderful husband and soulmate, passed away after a valiant three year battle with cancer at the age of 66.
Roger was born January 11, 1952 in St. Louis, Missouri. On March 28, 1987 he married Deborah E. Brewer. They lived in Affton, Nixa, and...

Funeral services for Ida Faye Cole, 100, of Taneyville, were held Dec. 31, 2018, at Kissee-Schofield-Eakins Funeral Home in Forsyth with Pastors Randy and Rob Dalton officiating. Mrs. Cole died Dec. 27 at her home.
She was born Monday, April 22, 1918, in Theodosia, the daughter of William and Edna...

Karen Nadean (Snook) Davis, 82, of Findlay, OH, passed away on Thursday, December 20, 2018 in the comfort of her home with family beside her. She was born on November 9, 1936 in Lima, Ohio to the late Clarence J. and Virginia E. (Barkhurst) Snook. On August 22, 1953, Karen married Edward J. Davis...

Funeral services for John James Rule, 72, of Thornfield, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, at the Mount Lebanon General Baptaist Church in Thornfield with Pastor Louis Stern Jr. officiating. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to service time at the church. Mr. Rule died Dec. 27 at his...

Barbara June McLean McGee, 81, of Gainesville, died Dec. 25, 2018, at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains. No services are planned at this time.
She was born Feb. 25, 1937, in Wenatchee, Washington, the daughter of Ralph G. and Annabel Eliza Moorman McLean. On Jan. 28, 1956, in Coeur d’Alene,...

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